Word: defeats
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Former Prime Minister Mohammad Khan Junejo, one of Bhutto's main rivals from the Islamic Alliance, conceded defeat late yesterday in his bid for an assembly seat...
...losing side," he said of his defeat by a Pakistan People's Party candidate in his hometown of Sindhri. He said the Bhutto party had "succeeded very well...
...make a case for liberalism. He did not attempt to go down in a blaze of glory, fighting the good fight. He simply tried to wish ideology away, marching along in the hope that he could almost slip into the White House through the back door. His defeat inspires anger rather than mourning...
City Councillor David E. Sullivan, an outspoken supporter of rent control, says he was not surprised at the proposition's success. "I expected all along that it would be on the ballot," says Sullivan. "I intend to work as hard as I can to defeat...
Despite the Senator's graceful claim that his defeat represented a repudiation of his views, Weicker's loss was due less to the abilities and ideology of his Democratic opponent, state Attorney General Joseph Lieberman, than to the his being abandoned and ostracized by the conservative wing of Connecticut's Republican Party, which has never been thrilled by his outspokenly liberal views. In fact, William F. Buckley Jr. and other prominent conservatives in the state bankrolled Lieberman's campaign and made it explicit that they were doing so in order to pave the way for a politician with appropriate conservative...